5 Questions to Ask Before Starting a New Diet I dislike the word diet. For most people it means a short term period of deprivation that will inevitably be abandoned. That’s one of the reasons my approach is about making a lifestyle change and getting into balance and in my experience, when you do just that,…
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Big Muscles? No Thanks! Many clients say things like, “I don’t want big muscles. Now that I am firmly entrenched in my fifth decade, big muscles aren’t as alluring as they once were. Maybe its because I don’t play sports anymore. Maybe it’s because I am married with a couple of kids. At the very least,…
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5 Tips to Eat Healthy When Holiday Traveling Chances are, you’ll be traveling during the holiday season to reconnect with family and friends or take a much-needed vacation. While holiday travel can be great for your psyche, it can take a hefty toll on your health. The journey itself can be filled with stress—traffic, flight…
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5 Reasons You Are Always Hungry Do you sometimes feel ravenous, even though you just polished off a tasty lunch, a full dinner, or a midnight snack? We eat more food than we need and we are all guilty of doing it: mindless munching on a bag of pretzels or treating ourselves to a second…
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Do you know your WHY ? Three big holidays of the year are fast approaching: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve. And we all know what that means: feasting on prime rib, roast turkey, honey-baked ham, starchy potatoes, stuffing, and sugary desserts. And don’t forget those glasses of Cabernet, ales, and cheese platters. Eating is…
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A large part of the Vertex mission is to get people to execute perfect repetitions. In a perfect repetition not only is the form correct, but also the speed is correct. It’s usually not too difficult to get the speed right (SLOW DOWN!!), but sometimes it can be a challenge to make sure that the…
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Work Week Meal Planning Made Easy After a long workday, many parents dread the question: What’s for dinner? It can be hard to juggle dinner prep, homework, household chores and extracurricular activities. Don’t resort to eating out to ease the dinnertime meltdown! With a little meal planning, dinner preparation can be a stress-free event. Cooking at home is…
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Halloween is a tempting time of the year with candy around the house, office, and school. Halloween is that sweet time of year when children can collect and eat as much candy as they want. Based on the nutrition labels on popular candies, the average child accumulates 3,500 to 7,000 calories worth of treats on…
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The Overhead Press An Eagles running back takes a handoff and crashes through the line. He darts around his linemen and bowls over the Cowboy linebacker who is trying to prevent him from scoring. He dives into the endzone. The referee raises his hands to signal another Eagles touchdown. Also, the referee has just demonstrated…
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Exercising and not losing weight? What am I doing wrong? It is generally recommended to combine a diet with exercise in order to maximize any weight loss results. It makes sense as exercise helps in burning extra calories, increase metabolism, get you fit and toned and also return a number of health benefits. Can’t go…
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